DrawingsFrench19th century

A Ballet Dancer in Position Facing Three-Quarters Front

c. 1872-1873

Artists

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar DegasArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite, prepared black chalk, white chalk, and touches of blue-green pastel on pink wove paper, squared in prepared black chalk

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

41 x 27.6 cm (16 1/8 x 10 7/8 in.) framed: 67.9 x 53 x 5.1 cm (26 3/4 x 20 7/8 x 2 in.)

Provenance

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, sold; [though Atelier Degas at Vente I, no. 328, 1918]. [César M. de Hauke], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

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